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Old 04-20-2005, 08:39 PM
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<p align="center"><font size="6" color="#000000">June 2005 Feature Car:</font></p><p align="center"><font size="5" color="#000000">John Nielsen's 1969 "Harrell" COPO Camaro</font></p><table width="100%" border="0"><tbody><tr><td align="middle" width="100%"><p align="center"><font color="#000000"><font color="#000000">Specs:</font></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table borderColor="#000000" height="150" width="100%" border="0"><tbody><tr><td vAlign="top" align="center" width="50%" height="21"><font size="3" color="#000000">Engine (factory):</font></td><td vAlign="top" align="center" width="50%" height="21"><font size="3" color="#000000">L72 427/425hp</font></td></tr><tr><td vAlign="top" align="center" width="50%" height="21"><font size="3" color="#000000">Transmission (factory):</font></td><td vAlign="top" align="center" width="50%" height="21"><font size="3" color="#000000">THM400 automatic</font></td></tr><tr><td vAlign="top" align="center" width="50%" height="21"><font size="3" color="#000000">Rear (factory):</font></td><td vAlign="top" align="center" width="50%" height="21"><font size="3" color="#000000">4.10 posi</font></td></tr><tr><td vAlign="top" align="center" width="50%" height="21"><font size="3" color="#000000">Selling Dealer:</font></td><td vAlign="top" align="center" width="50%" height="21"><font color="#000000" size="3">Bill Allen Chevrolet, Kansas City, MO</font></td></tr><tr><td vAlign="top" align="center" width="50%" height="21"><font size="3" color="#000000">Options:</font></td><td vAlign="top" align="center" width="50%" height="21"><font size="3" color="#000000">COPO 9561</font></td></tr><tr><td vAlign="top" align="center" width="50%" height="21"><font size="3" color="#000000">Exterior color:</font></td><td vAlign="top" align="center" width="50%" height="21"><font size="3" color="#000000">Glacier Blue</font></td></tr><tr><td vAlign="top" align="center" width="50%" height="21"><font size="3" color="#000000">Interior color:</font></td><td vAlign="top" align="center" width="50%" height="21"><font size="3" color="#000000">Black standard</font></td></tr></tbody></table>

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"This is what I currently know about the car.

My car was ordered as a COPO by Dick Harrell through Bill Allen Chevrolet. There were three cars ordered at the same time. Kevin Suydam has one and Bill Ogle has the other with my production number sandwiched in between. I am told the build date was May 18th, 1969. As I understand it, my car was used as a demo by Dick Harrell for prospective clients to try. The engine was balanced and blueprinted. Howard Martin purchased the car from Bill Allen Chevrolet in March or April of 1970. Howard Martin was kind enough to share the only picture I have seen of the car in the early seventies. I am not sure if Dick Harrell allowed Bill Allen Chev. to sell the car on consignment or if the dealership just purchased the car from Dick Harrell. Howard Martin owned the car for approximately one year and sold it back to Bill Allen Chev. in1971. I do not know who Bill Allen then sold the car to. I was able to find and talk to Larry Shelly in Arkansas. He owned the car from approximately 1975 to 1980. He told me he drag raced the car and blew the engine. He then put a 454 ci engine and raced the car until he sold it. Larry told me he sold the car to a guy in Cambridge, Minnesota (Cambridge is a small town about 70 miles north of Minneapolis). He does not remember the name of the person he sold the car to. Scott Drake purchased the car from the gentleman in Cambridge, Minnesota in August of 1985. Scott also does not remember the name of the gentleman in Cambridge, Minn. When Scott Drake purchased the car it had a 427 ci engine, a TH400 transmission, and a 12 bolt Chevelle rear end. Scott owns several service stations and a car diagonistic center. The only thing Scott did to the car was install power steering and put an electric fan on. Scott was downsizing from a house with a 10 car garage (4 attached to the house and a seperate 6 car garage) and had to dispose of a few of his toys. A friend of mine told me about the car and I went to look at it. I saw the Dick Harrell emblems on the car and with the VIN I proceeded with some internet research. After I the research I thought the car had some value but I did not fully realize what I had at the time. One week later in April of 2001 I purchased the car. With the help of a local man (Ken Boje) with a lot of Camaro knowledge we were able to verify the car was a Harrell COPO. Kevin Suydam also helped by giving me copies of the documentation on his car. I have been talking with Valerie Harrell and hopefully she can also find photos or additional documentation. There is a restoration in the future but for now I am just having fun with the car. Fun is what this hobby is all about."

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Current pictures below courtesy of John Nielsen:




Original picture below courtesy of John Nielsen, taken by Howard Martin, circa 1970:
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Nice car John. Love the real Harrell cars. Kim
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Thanks John,for sharing your story &amp; Pictures with us.
Absolutely incredible.
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Awesome car!
I had talked to Shelly several times about a deuce he owned, and learned about this car in MN. I soon learned that there was a buyer on it - and here it is! Small world, eh?
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thats one hell of a harrell copo
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thats one hell of a harrell copo

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Ditto on that remark! Black is cool, but its tough to beat the look that car has in that 1970 photo...hope to see it returned to those original Harrell colors one day... Awesome piece of supercar history right there!


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I'm in love!!!
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Awesomely cool car...I hope you restore it to the 1970 picture look!

Neat find!
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Awesomely cool car...I hope you restore it to the 1970 picture look!
My thoughts also! What a find!!!
Neat find!

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Cool car... and rumor has it will be joining other Harrell cars at KCIR this weekend for their nostalgia event.
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